Lead Stories
Dr Douglas collects top honour

PIONEER JAMAICAN urologist Professor the Hon. Dr. Lawson Douglas, O.J., C.D., was last night named the recipient of the 2000 Gleaner Honour Award of Excellence. Professor Douglas is regarded in medical circles as the foremost expert on kidney...

More Lead Stories
What's right with Jamaica - Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Major arms find - Guns, ammunition seized in 'Jungle'
GLEANER HONOUR AWARD - Professor Lawson Douglas Crusader for your kidneys
Special Award: Dr. Carolyn Gomes - Seeking justice for J'cans
Merit Award: Courtney Walsh -Aced the 'Test'
Millennium Generation - Parish looks a safe bet

News
Ministry hunts $20m owed to NIS
THE MINISTRY of Labour and Social Security is seeking to recover about $20 million owed to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) by more than 500 delinquent employers across the island. Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was told yesterday the...

More News
J'can attorney appointed to Int'l Court
Canada/Caricom Summit begins tomorrow
JCCL repays US$1.5m loan - Paulwell
Cop granted bail in street people case

Business
Courts to give cash

POPULAR FURNITURE and electrical retail giant Courts is to offer cash of up to $2 million each month as its big prize promotion rather than continue with its proven policy of offering motor cars as its major prize attraction. Courts managing director...

More Business
Will Eurobond hurt FX market?
Morrison sees growth
Paying money to an agent
Coffee bar culture comes to Kingston

Sport
Players accept low standards - Adams

SYDNEY, (AP) -- WEST Indies cricket captain Jimmy Adams, in the midst of one of his team's worst tours, has accused his players of having unacceptably low standards.

More Sport
Tivoli, Olympic favoured
Fight on for semi berths
GCB backs Hooper for captaincy
St. George's roll over KTHS

Commentary
Returning residents
WE ARE somewhat reassured by the assertion from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Paul Robertson that the situation with respect to returning residents is not as bad as we had been earlier led to believe. While the Minister has not outrightly refuted..

More Commentary
Competing in the global economy
Getting the kind of government we deserve

Letters
Letter of the Day An appeal for blood
THE EDITOR, Madam: THIS IS an appeal from the heart, to all citizens of Jamaica. You are the holders of a very precious and priceless life-giving commodity - blood, for which there is yet no substitute.

More Letters
In defence of Rastas
Nun's killers were criminally insane
Upset with 'Butch' Stewart!
Air J's poor customer service
Unbalanced criticism

Entertainment
Glenmuir Concert Choir evokes emotional response

A FAIR-SIZED audience of friends, well-wishers and music practitioners showed their appreciation in prolonged applauses, standing ovations and periodic outbursts as they responded to one of the finest concert performances by a school choir that I have...

More Entertainment
The night the music stopped

Profiles in Medicine
Lower back pain Lower back

IT APPEARS that back pain is the price human beings pay for being upright, for if we were still on all fours this might not be a major medical concern for orthopaedic surgeons. In fact, consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Kenneth Vaughan says that...

More Profiles in Medicine
Worm medicines
The social impact of skin disease

Star Page
An Immaculate victory

IT took the final segment to decide a winner when Immaculate Conception High School and Mona High squared off in the fifth match of the preliminary round of the 2001 School's Challenge Quiz. The match started off slowly but picked up as both teams...

More Star Page
A golden contribution
Stage shows' skyhigh costs
Too many men given 'jackets'